Posted in Fine Art Registry, Legalities in Art on August 11th, 2006 No Comments »
Paintings of cottages with light streaming from the windows; larger-than-life paintings of flowers; sculptures of a guy on a horse. Can an artist who has developed a strong economic market niche for an easily identified style of work – like Kinkade, O’Keeffe, or Remington – actually copyright that style and preclude other artists from producing […]
Posted in Whispers & Warnings on August 2nd, 2006 59 Comments »
Over the past few months, Fine Art Registry has received email inquiries regarding numbered prints and a few reports of original paintings with a Certificate of Authenticity from the “Collier Art Corporation”.
The most recent email inquiry is duplicated below, courtesy of Julie C.:
“I recently purchased a watercolor print from a sale. The art piece is numbered with a certificate of authenticity from the “Collier Art Corp” of LA California. The artist is EDA. The name of the print is “Moss Basket”, # 4009-90. On the front of the picture in pencil is the number 265-500. This picture is in a locked frame with the certificate on the back. I am interested in knowing its value in the current market and was hoping you could help me. I would really appreciate any information you could give me…” –July 22, 2006, Julie C.
Posted in Fine Art Registry, Legalities in Art on August 1st, 2006 No Comments »
Do you know your rights as an artist? In addition to copyright, artists of original works of visual arts have moral rights protect the artist’s creative and professional reputation by allowing the artist the legal right to control how and where a piece may be displayed and presented and whether or not, and how, attribution […]
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